Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-50843

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 14 November 2024

Published
14 November 2024
Modified
27 March 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0052 67.1th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-50843 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Phpgurukul User Registration \& Login And User Management System. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique File and Directory Discovery (T1083); ranked in the top 32.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A Directory listing issue was found in PHPGurukul User Registration & Login and User Management System 3.2, which allows remote attackers attacker to access sensitive files and directories via /loginsystem/assets.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1083 File and Directory Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file system.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Directory listing vulnerability in public-facing PHPGurukul web application enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190) for remote file and directory discovery (T1083) and access to sensitive files.

Affected Assets

phpgurukul
user registration \& login and user management system
3.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References